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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Cannabis provisional licenses: local equity applicants."
+description: "Existing law, the Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act (AUMA) , an initiative measure, authorizes a person who obtains a state license under AUMA to engage in commercial adult-use cannabis activity pursuant to that license and applicable local ordinances. Existing law, the Medicinal and Adult-Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act (MAUCRSA) , among other things, consolidates the licensure and regulation of commercial medicinal and adult-use cannabis activities, and establishes the Department of Cannabis Control to administer its provisions."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
+legislature: "California Legislature"
+session: "20232024"
+identifier: "SB 51"
+citation: "California SB 51 (20232024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Cannabis provisional licenses", "local equity applicants"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bradford"]
+version_count: 7
+action_count: 31
+vote_count: 8
+first_action: "2022-12-05"
+last_action: "2023-10-08"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0301f191-110d-4019-b405-2ebb85508a75"
+source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB51"
+source_hash: "0b04dc29249218c5f1aa8c26d1f38099671dfac6c7f1da2449547e6fd1843219"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
+---
+
+# California SB 51 (20232024) — Cannabis provisional licenses: local equity applicants.
+
+Existing law, the Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act (AUMA) , an initiative measure, authorizes a person who obtains a state license under AUMA to engage in commercial adult-use cannabis activity pursuant to that license and applicable local ordinances. Existing law, the Medicinal and Adult-Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act (MAUCRSA) , among other things, consolidates the licensure and regulation of commercial medicinal and adult-use cannabis activities, and establishes the Department of Cannabis Control to administer its provisions.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **12/05/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB51&version=20230SB5199INT)
+2. **05/22/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB51&version=20230SB5198AMD)
+3. **07/12/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB51&version=20230SB5197AMD)
+4. **09/08/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB51&version=20230SB5196AMD)
+5. **10/08/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB51&version=20230SB5194CHP)
+6. **SB51** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB51)
+7. **09/15/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB51&version=20230SB5195ENR)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3rd Reading (Urgency Clause) — **34–3** (pass) · upper
+- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **17–0** (pass) · lower
+- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **11–0** (pass) · upper
+- SB 51 Bradford Senate Third Reading By McCarty — **70–4** (pass) · lower
+- Unfinished Business SB51 Bradford et al. Concurrence — **35–3** (pass) · upper
+- Do pass — **5–2** (pass) · upper
+- Do pass. — **12–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bradford — primary (person)
+- Gipson — principal coauthor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-12-05** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2022-12-06** From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 5.
+- **2023-01-18** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E. D. `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-06** Set for hearing March 27.
+- **2023-03-27** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 535.) (March 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-29** Set for hearing April 10.
+- **2023-04-10** April 10 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
+- **2023-05-12** Set for hearing May 18.
+- **2023-05-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 1158.) (May 18). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-05-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2023-05-22** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
+- **2023-05-22** Ordered to second reading.
+- **2023-05-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2023-05-31** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 34. Noes 3. Page 1402.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
+- **2023-06-01** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
+- **2023-06-08** Referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
+- **2023-06-27** June 27 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
+- **2023-07-11** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (July 11). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-07-12** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2023-08-16** August 16 hearing postponed by committee.
+- **2023-08-23** August 23 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
+- **2023-09-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 1.) (September 1). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-09-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2023-09-08** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
+- **2023-09-08** Ordered to third reading.
+- **2023-09-11** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 70. Noes 4. Page 3147.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
+- **2023-09-11** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
+- **2023-09-13** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 35. Noes 3. Page 2733.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-09-20** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
+- **2023-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2023-10-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 593, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0301f191-110d-4019-b405-2ebb85508a75`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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